So... I guess it's change if you are filling your cabinet with a bunch of people from the last Democratic Presidency. I mean, you know it's a change from the people who are there now right?

I first learned this back in the summer/fall of 1990 as a young Private. I remember the power of saying these words then, when we thundered them across the GA swamps in unison at our Drill Sergeant's direction. We felt indestructible, and that we would gladly die defending every word of the creed. 18 years later I am sitting at Camp Ripley going through the motions of being a Sergeant because I have "Been there, done that" and getting a bit tired of the Monotony. Then my 20 soldiers spontaneously erupt into the creed and I find myself joining them. When we were finished, well I won't say we were crying , we don't do that, but there were definetly tightened throats and swollen hearts. Even our 1st Sergeant, meanest, toughest, roughest, son-of a-bitch in the company could only nod and walk away.
powerful stuff.....powerful stuff.
I am the infantry.
I am my country's strength in war,her deterent in peace.
I am the heart of the fight--wherever,whenever.
I carry America's faith and honor against her enemies.
I am the Queen of Battle.

I am what my country expects me to be--the best trained soldier in the world.
In the race for victory,I am swift,determined,and courageous,armed with a fierce will to win.
Never will I fail my country's trust.
Always I fight on--through the foe,to the objective,to triumph over all.
If necessary,I fight to my death.

By my steadfast courage,I have won 200 years of freedom.
I yield not--
to weakness,
to hunger,
to cowardice,
to fatigue,
to superior odds,
for I am mentally tough,physically strong,and morally straight.

I forsake not--
my country,
my mission,
my comrades,
my sacred duty.

I am relentless,
I am always there,
now and forever.
I AM THE INFANTRY!
FOLLOW ME!

Personal.
Responsibility.

As in, be accountable for your own God Damn actions for a change people! I am so sick and tired of this mindset that we are falling in to. THOSE rules don't apply to me, I am special, it's not my fault I can't... etc.

GAH!

Personal Responsibility!

I was called to today by a man from Primerica Financial Services, apparently affiliated with Citi. He called because he found my resume on-line and was interested in my experience as a leader in the Military. He went on to tell me that the company is looking to expand her in the area and looking to open up 60 more offices, etc... When I asked what they did he said they provide financial services to consumers from "the side of the consumers" rather than the larger institutions and what not. It didn't matter to him that I know nothing of finance things as he stated the company would train us and that they find they get a "better quality" of people when they go outside mainstream financial areas. He wants to meet with me at the office in Maplewood and talk more about it on Monday night.

It seems very odd to me that a company that deal with money/finances would recruit like this.

What do you all think? Esp Mistress Hypoxia.

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I took the commonly misused English words test that cudubh posted too! Here are my results, though I have a feeling most of our friends will score really high on this test anyway.

Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test View My Profile(shortredhead78)

Here is the link to the test:http://www.okcupid.com/tests/14457200288064322170/Commonly-Confused-Words

I mean, really, who looked at these and said, "yep. Looks great." By the way, these were sent to me by my wife, the lovely and talented katznjeep. Not so innocent as she appears is she?

I miss my Grandma Dorothy.


Boze cos Dorotka...

As I posted earlier, I did the Mpls Recycle Run on the 20th of April. For not having done any serious running yet this year I did ok. I ran it in about 38minutes or a 12:13 pace. Gives me some numbers to plug into for a goal when I run another 5k later this year. Not sure which one will fit into my schedule yet but I will be looking.

So. I just got a call on my celly, wrong number as usual. I mean I bet I get about 4 wrong number calls a day. usually it's a damn fax trying to send over the phone.
Pet peeve #134 - Fax beeps on my voicemail.

Anyway, I answer my phone with a cheery "Hello".
I get a pause and then a male voice with, "Who is this?"

anyway we sort out the wrong number business and then we hang up but I am left thinking about how fucking rude people are.

If you call someone, ANYONE, then when they answer your first answer should be a hell of a lot nicer than, "Who is this?" or Kat's favorite, "Whodis?"


so...do you have a cellphone pet peeve?

here is a link to the web site if you care to check it out.

The girls had their first swimming lessons of the year, mommy had to go with The Deuce for her class. I came along and decided to do a little light running. Figured it would be a good idea to try and run once or twice before my 5k this weekend. I did a mile really slow. 10 minutes, but I felt strong in the legs and strong in the lungs. I was worried the knees would rebel against me but they chose to toe the party line and be strong for the "warm up" run. The 5k isn't about racing as much as it is a catalyst for me to get off my ass and do something to get in shape. There is another in August that I will also be attending.

Eventually I will get my time down to a nice cozy 8 minute mile for competitions. It's always fun to see a 200lb guy cruising around the track doing 2 minute laps all day long...makes peopel stop and stare, then push themselves that much harder.

You know me, I am all about motivating people, now if only I could try motivating myself...

Took my oldest girl to see her very first live baseball game today. Took the bus, then the Light rail downtown to the Dome and saw the Twins battle the Royals. Sadly the Twins lost but it was still a good time. Not to mention that the seats katznjeep got from work were great! 19th row up from the 3rd base line. Aj fell asleep during the 4th inning and slept til we left the game. I think it was all a bit too much for her at the wise old age of 4.

well I don't know what. I found them on shatter707's blog and threw them up here too.


Of course the company that makes them is in Europe and I am sure the boots...and shipping are damned expensive.

p.s. The company is Helena -Angelique.

We all know that LJ puts little writer block bits up now to help us get the juices flowing,and they are actually pretty good bits. Here is the first one that I found post worthy, loyal subjects.

What is the one thing you are most neurotic about?


so go on...answer. I am still in the middle of self analysis on this one.

I want to know what kind of person would go to a school to protest some Veterans coming to talk to the kids about what it is to serve in the Military?

I understand folks are against the war in Iraq, I get it. Hell I have always been of the mind that we should have finished Iraq off during the first Gulf War but that's just me. But usually these same folks are the ones to put up the "I support our troops but not the war" type posters in the yards/windows.

These HEROES did a job that most folks can't even begin to understand. They saw things that would give most of us nightmares let alone sleepless nights. They watched people die, and not in the pretty Hollywood kind of way. If you have ever seen what an assault rifle actually does to a body you will know what I mean. They killed people. Think about that for a second. Think how that is going to affect someone for the rest of their lives. To know that you took the life of a person. I personally think these folks have something very worth listening too.

I doubt very seriously that these people are going to paint the war as any kind of red, white, and blue holy crusade for all that is good and just in the world. They will tell their stories from their own points of view.

How could you not want your kids to learn about a war from, oh I don't know, THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY FIGHTING THE DAMN THING?


And yes this stems from the article regarding Forest lake Area Schools in the Red Star.